Don't Throw Away That Broken Pitchfork

[@paperaxes4192]

So... a couple things, from one farmer to another. One, while the glue may help hold the handle on the first fork, physics has been working wonders for years. Take a thin sloped wedge or two - like a small chopstick that tapers towards one end - and put them in the hole, leaving just enough room so that you can get the tang of your tool head in between, and then tamp it into the hole. This will drive the wedges in with the head, compressing head and wedges into the handle in such a way that you'll have to really want to pull it out (and likely need mechanical assistance) to separate them again. If you're just putting a wooden rod into a hole, you can cut a slot in the rod and then just barely tap a flat wedge in, thin end facing into the rod, and then insert the rod into the hole and tamp it in. Same principle applies but even better - as the rod goes into the hole, the wedge is driven into the rod, expanding it and holding it in place. Second thing - I'm 6 minutes in and watched you slice half a metal cylinder up one side fairly easily using your angle grinder, and now I'm watching you struggle with a screwdriver and pliers to pry the cylinder off. Are you saving it? I'd have cut the plastic one off in favor of the metal, but that's just me. Anywho, you've got 360 access and an angle grinder, so pick it up and slice the other side of the same cylinder, and it'll fall off. No prying required.

[@bigbearhomestead]

Good points thanks for sharing and watching. To be honest I didn't even think of flipping it over .

[@shirleyjgarland3576]

Thank you for sharing!

[@bigbearhomestead]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching

[@Fundaykidzz]

Great video thanks

[@bigbearhomestead]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching

[@donaldsmith8888]

Excellent video. I'll definitely be doing this here soon.

[@bigbearhomestead]

Awesome let us know how it turned out.

[@chip5256]

Wow, the amount of work that second took would make me just buy a new pitchfork. My pitchfork also broke like that. I drilled out as much as possible and took the rest to my barbecue grill. I fired up some coals and sat the tines in the coals and let it burn the remainder out. Just an idea.

[@bigbearhomestead]

I thought about doing that, but I wondered if it would have weakened the metal?

[@JimVincitore]

Great video! Very cool! Thanks!

[@bigbearhomestead]

Thanks for watching hope you hit that subscribe button and rang the bell. Hope this video helped you

[@wayradbrad139]

I put the broken pitchfork end with the steel cover in a fire and burned the wood out.

[@bigbearhomestead]

Nice

[@thayne559]

That's what I was thinking too

[@SempreGumby]

Thanks.

[@bigbearhomestead]

You're welcome

[@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894]

Great work

[@bigbearhomestead]

Thanks

[@OldWaysNewTimes]

Good job!

[@bigbearhomestead]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@PetesLittleHomestead60]

Nice Job Jason ! I Was Waiting for that glue to Sqirt you When you pushed the fork into the handle ! You Got lucky though ! Nice job !

[@bigbearhomestead]

Thanks 👍

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

heya nice repair of your tools keep up the good work

[@bigbearhomestead]

That pitchfork is still going strong

[@joshgross8741]

How has it been holding up?

[@bigbearhomestead]

It was doing great right up until my daughter ran over the handle with the tractor

[@JohnnieA1]

Thank you for the kind video. I believe you have the fork heads on in the wrong orientation, by 180 degrees.

[@bigbearhomestead]

Thanks for watching, but I got it right, I don't think that there really is a wrong side of the handle. Hope you hit the subscribe button and rang the bell so you can catch future videos and live shows

[@Detroit-gx5nd]

I don’t trust anyone talking garden tools unless there’s a barn in the background and a rooster crowing in the distance

[@bigbearhomestead]

That's sad, you are going to miss out on some great information. Cause when I do repairs they are done in or around my shop. Not in the chicken coop or the barn. Unless I need to borrow a wrench from the cow.. thanks for watching.

[@Detroit-gx5nd]

@@bigbearhomestead aw I’m just joking with you man since you were in front of the barn and the rooster was crowing

[@johnclarke6647]

You do not have to cut the metal cooler off, completely. I just cut mine back about three inches and then spread the end of the cooler with a screwdriver. I then just pulled the tines out. I had my hammer ready incase I had to tap them out. I did not. I installed the tines in a new handle the same way you did - wire wheeled the tang and coated it and the hole with glue.. I then drove them into the handle with a hammer.

[@bigbearhomestead]

Well it's like they say, there is always more than one way to get the job done. Thanks for sharing your way and watching our video.

[@richardberner8711]

The best thing that glue does is keep moisture out.

[@bigbearhomestead]

That pitch fork is still going strong, Thanks for watching hope you hit that subscribe button and rang the bell . So you can catch future DIY videos and More!!

[@tonylarson1960able]

Gorilla glue is the best I use it all the time! Great video! God bless! Tony n Lee Ann

[@bigbearhomestead]

It sure is!

[@tjmiller4269]

Harbor freight grinder? i love mine got it on sale for like 9 bucks the lady at check out asked me do you want the extended warranty i gave her the look and before i could say really she seen my face and said sorry i have to ask...lol

[@bigbearhomestead]

Lol

[@tcm6756]

REALLY unsafe grinder use.

[@bigbearhomestead]

How so?

[@robertclark4929]

Handles cost more than new tools.

[@bigbearhomestead]

What handles are.you buying?

[@Victor-hb4hj]

Wire would have been better

[@bigbearhomestead]

Why?

[@iohin]

Gorilla glue? Brilliant! I usually just use duct tape

[@bigbearhomestead]

That pitch fork is still going strong. Simple repair that saved us some money

[@ericsmith8996]

What about a Root Fork they take a lot more of a beating popping out roots and the levrege and pressure put on a plastic sleeve and gorila glue tip does not seem like it will go the mile but then I have not tryed yet but?? Good video other wise and completely right on the aspect of being in the mood, ready to roll , out there hustlin' Makin ' good time workin' on a beautiful day and head fly's off ( that had me laughing ! Been there many times ) always seems to be that day though when everything else is going well ! Sometimes gods' a real asshole ! I spite him and bring two of everything to the job now

[@bigbearhomestead]

The root fork is great for helping bust up ground but not sling hay and this video was more about replacing a handle than anything. It just happened to be a pitchfork. Thanks for watching. Hope you hit that subscribe button and rang the bell

[@michaelschofield450]

Worst idea I've ever heard of, glue on a hand tool that I use all the time.

[@bigbearhomestead]

Sorry you feel that way but it has been almost a year and the pitch fork is still going strong and we use it everyday right now. We are moving woodchips, spent hay, grass clipping and compost. Sometimes the best things come from "bad ideas" . Thanks for watching, hope you hit that subscribe button and rang the bell so you can see future videos and livestream.

[@irishguy200007]

Throw it in the bushes.

[@bigbearhomestead]

Why waist a good pitchfork?

[@irishguy200007]

@@bigbearhomestead To True indeed.

[@b.n.4765]

When those handles break again you won’t be able to use those pitchfork heads anymore.

[@bigbearhomestead]

Why is that?

[@hammer1bad]

They will always be repairable the old glue would come off with a metal wire wheel